Cording-seal.



E. J'. BROGKS.

CORDING SEAL. APPLIUATION FILED Mus, 1910.

WTNESSES I 6 1 Anm@ AHM C0, PNmaLITNDGRAP EDWARD J. BROOKS, OF EASTORANGE, NEV JERSEY.

CORDINGr-SEAL.

Application filed May 6, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of East Or'ange, in the State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oording-Seals, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to seal-press fastened or press fastenablecording seals for securing packing cases and the like containing goodsin bond, and other receptacles, against being opened without detection,and thus to prevent the abstraction of the contents of such receptacles.

The present invention is additional to the improvements in such sealsset forth in my 'previous specifications forming part of United StatesLetters Patent No. 676,415, dated J une 18, 1901, Nos. 7 96,107 and796,108, dated August l, 1905, and No. 836,560, dated November 20, 1906.A feature common to the seals set forth in said previous specificationsand those of the present invention is the construction of the seal partwithout any threading holes and with an open fronted recess whichreceives a bight of both cord ends and preliminarily attaches the sealpart thereto so as to facilitate applying the seal part.

The present invention consists in a seal part for such seals embodyingany or all of certain novel features of construction hereinafterparticularly described and claimed, and in the combination of the samewith a soft and flexible sealing cord which may be of any suitable kindas hereinafter more particularly indicated.

The leading object of this invention is to adapt the improved seal partto be made in one piece of nearly rigid sheet metal, and with fasteninglips bendable only by means of suitable tools, and which cannot beopened to release either end of the sealing cord Without such defacementas to insure detection.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description whichfollows.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are front views of a cupshaped seal part having an openfront, as it appears before and after the last stage of its manufactureas a distinct part; Fig. c

is a back view thereof; Figs. L1 and 5 are side views projected fromFigs. 1 and 2 respectively; Fig. 6 is another side view of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 21, 1910.

Serial No. 559,672.

line A-B', Fig. 7, and the line O-D, Fig

8, respectively; Fig. 12 is a side view of the press-fastened seal onthe same scale as Fig. 11; Fig. 13 represents a section through the sealpart of the press fastened seal on the line E-F, Fig. 11; and Figs. 14:and 15 are respectively front and side views of another seal partillustrating modifications.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

rEhe improved seal part, t or a2, is preferably and convenientlycup-shaped, and made in one piece of suitable sheet metal, hereinafterreferred to as substantially rigid, which is preferably a suflicientlyheavy grade of tin (tin plate) say XX or XXX. Made from this metal it ispractically impossible to unfasten the seal part after it is pressfastened in the manner hereinafter described.

The sealing cord, o or b2, is cut of the required length from suitablesoft and flexible twine or cord of sufficient strength Yand durability.For additional security the cord7 may be made with a knitted strand,

as set forth in my specification forming part of Patent No. 208,953dated October 15, 1878, or with a strand of wire as set forth in that ofJ. Howlett and myself forming part of Patent No. 249,357 dated November8, 1881; but, for the purposes of the present invention, may be of anysuitable known or improved kind, and must be soft and flexible asaforesaid.

Two species of the seal part are shown respectively at a in Figs. 1 to13 inclusive, and at a2, Figs. 14 and 15. In both species the seal partis hollow and has an open front and is constructed with deep flaringnotches 1, 2, 3 and 4, and with substantially parallel prongs or lips 5and 6, at opposite sides of its open front, and with another pair ofsuch prongs or lips, 7 and 8, substantially at right angles to the pairfirst named; and both pairs of the lips as they are hereinafter termed,are constructed with inturned front extremities, 9, and with inclinededges, 10 (Fig. 10). These inclined edges are formed by said notches, 1,2, 3 and 4, which also admit the ends, 1 and 2, of the cord, b or b2,between the fastening lips in preliminarily attaching the seal part tothe cord, as illustrated by Figs. 7 and 10. When the seal part is thusVpreliininarily attached, `the or interior of the seal part, as bestshown in Fig. 11, and the cord is securely held against separat-ion fromthe pressed seal part by the interaction therewith of the edges of saidnotches 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as the inner surfaces and edges of thefastening lips as shown in Fig. 13.

In the species represented by Figs. 1 to 13, inclusive, the seal part ais first stamped or drawn into the form of a deep round cup and providedwith the notches 1, 2, 3 and 4, as represented by Figs. 1 and 4, and isfinished by providing the prongs or lips 5 6 and 7-.8 with theirinturned extremities 9, as represented in Figs. 2, 5, 6, 7, and 10; andthe back, 11, of the seal part is or may be provided with any desiredlettering or other permanent distinguishing marks, as represented by W.X. (Fig. The several lips are coiled into the shapes and locationsrepresented in Figs. 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13, at the press fasteningoperation. rlhe two pairs of lips 5 6 and 7-8 are preferably andconveniently made of different shapes and proportions as shown; the morerigid wide lips 5-,-G being primarily designed for use as the fasteninglips, and the pointed lips 7-.-8 with their more slanting inclined edges10 as supporting lips, as in Figs. 7 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The narrowerlips 7--8 may, however, .be used as fastening means, if desired,especially for securing thinner cord, b2, as illustrated by Fig. 9. Thespace 12, Figs. 10 and 11, between the bottom or back 11 of the sealpart and the notches 1, 2, 3 and 4, serves to admit the movable die ofthe seal press, and to accommodate the coiled lips of the fastened seal.

The modifications represented by Figs. 14 and 15 consist in making theAcup-shaped seal part (a2) square in plan view instead of round,illustrating changes of shape, and in making the lips 5, 6, 7 and 8 ofone and the same size and shape.

O therlike modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in theart.

senesi Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my inventionand desire to patent under this specification:

1. A seal part, for press-fastenable cording seals, made of nearly rigidsheet metal, and constructed with substantially parallel lips arrangedat opposite sides of an open front and having inturned frontextremities, and a second pair of lips substantially at right angles tothose rst named and constructed with inclined edges adapted to interactwith said inturned extremities of the opposing lips in temporarilyattaching the seal part to the ends of a cord preparatory to the pressfastening operation.

2. A seall part, for press-fastenable cording seals, made of nearlyrigid sheet metal, and constructed with substantially parallel llipsarranged at opposite sides of an open front, and a second pair of lipssubstantially at right angles to those first named; both pairs of lipsbeing constructed with inturned front extremities and inclined edges,and adapted to be coiled into the interior of the seal part at the pressfastening operation.

3. A cup-shaped seal part, for pressfastenable cording seals, made inone piece of lnearly, rigid sheet metal and constructed with deepnotches in its front edge forming substantially parallel lips atopposite sides of the open front of the seal part, such lips havinginturned front extremities and being adapted to be coiled aroundthe-respective ends of a sealing cord by the action of a seal press.

4. A cup-shaped seal part, for pressfastenable cording seals, made inone piece of nearly rigid sheet metal, and constructed with deep notchesin its front edge forming substantially parallel lips at opposite sidesof the open front of the seal part and a second pair of lipssubstantially at right angles to those first named; both pairs of lipshaving inturned front extremities and inclined edges, and adapted to becoiled into the interior of the seal part at the press fasteningoperation. f

5. In combination with a soft and flexible sealing cord, a hollow sealpart made of nearly rigid sheet metal and constructed with substantiallyparallel lips at opposite sides of an open front, and with a backadapted to carry distinguishingV marks; said lips having inturned frontextremities, and being adapted to be coiled around the respective endsof said cord by the action of a seal press, substantially ashereinbefore specied.

EDWARD J. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

ELLEN J. BRooKs, ELiNoR Brooks.

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